Smart Elements
Maps, star charts, moon phases, calendars, codes and avatars: the elements that compute what they show.
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- What smart elements are and when to use oneTen elements in the Design Studio draw themselves from data instead of holding a fixed picture. This explains what they have in common, what each one is for, and how to pick the right one.
- Sell a city map posterThe City Map element draws a styled street map of any place. Set the location, frame the view, choose the look, and decide what the shopper is allowed to change.
- Sell a star map for a date and placeThe Star Map element draws the sky over one place at one moment. Set the date, time and location, choose a theme, and let the shopper pick their own moment.
- Sell a moon phase printThe Moon Phase element shows the real moon as it looked on a chosen date, using NASA imagery. Set the date, tint it to match your design, and let the shopper choose their own day.
- Print a month with a day markedThe Calendar element draws one month as a grid, in the shopper's own language, with a day highlighted. Set the month, choose the week start, and let the customer pick their own date.
- Put a scannable QR code on a productThe QR Code element draws a code from a link or text. Set the content, let it pick its error correction or choose a level, colour it, and let each shopper supply their own link.
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- Sell a marathon or GPS route posterThe Route Map element draws a recorded GPS track and the race details around it. Upload a GPX, style the line, and let runners bring their own track, bib number and finish time.
- Sell a travel map with several stopsThe Travel Map element draws the places of a trip in order, joined by a route, on a map that frames itself. Build the route, pick the transport per leg, style the map, and let the shopper enter their own trip.
- Add the climb to a route posterThe Elevation Profile element draws the hills of a route as a chart. It follows a Route Map layer, so it updates by itself when a customer uploads their own track.
- Print a barcode that scansThe Barcode element draws Code 128, EAN-13, UPC-A and Code 39. Each format accepts different content, and the panel tells you when yours does not fit.
- Let shoppers build a characterThe Avatar element builds a face from a style and a set of features. Choose which styles shoppers may browse, offer starting points, and pick which parts they can change.
- Auto-filling captions from an elementA caption can read its own map, route, trip, star map or moon and rewrite itself when the shopper changes it. This is every token, every format option, and how to point one at a specific element.
- Credits on a Smart ElementTwo kinds of smart element carry someone else's work. The credit for it appears on your screen and on your shopper's, and it is not drawn into the print file.